Unlimited budget. Spend my money. :)

fun thread, i would agree with Ronald, sell 300d sell a couple of lens sell 20d, and get 30d, then for first body get the 5D which is just spectacular, than get 16-35(my dream lens if i had a fullframe cam) and get 70-200 L IS and 24-105 L IS as well, you would be loving it, that is my tuppence

Honestly. I'd look at Hasselblad H2D-39 with HC 3.5/35, HC 3.5/50, HC 2.8/80, HC 2.2/100, HC 4/120, HC 3.2/150, HC 4/210, HC 4.5/300

But the posters here are right, never use the word "unlimited" around us

To stick to a more realistic "unlimited" I'd go with this...

5D, 30D
35/1.4L
50/1.4
85/1.2L Mk2

24-70/2.8L
70-200/2.8L IS

Sigma 120-300/2.8

mmmmm........ keep buying those stock Ls like 24-70, 85L, 400L for three to four years buy as many as you can then sell them all in one go and get a 1200L

i got 24-70 and 100-400 i'm getting 85L next and mayby 10-22 that way i got it all covered i think

Unlimited?!? Just buy one or two of each from the catalogue and be done with it.

If you are into shooting sports, i'd go with a 1Dmk2 over the 30D. The 1 series af will put the 30D to shame, plus at 8.5fps it's more than enough speed. Couple that with a 300 2.8 or a 400 2.8 and you are set.

Well if its a choice between 30D with better glass, go with the 30D. The 1 series camera is only as good as the glass you can put in front of it.

That 10-22 wont work on your 5D. Look into the 16-35L which is quite sexy as been said here.

He says unlimmited but the first post shows gear that is OK....

Get a Mark II 1Ds and a few high end canon lenses like a 16-58, 70-200 IS L, 300 2.8 , 580ex and then some.

Id say ur budget isnt 30-40k on camera gear. And if it is, then more power to you, i hope your using the gear, not collecting it.

wth is a 16-58? I think you mean 16-35L. In that case, they'd still lack a standard zoom, like the 24-70L.

Great stuff folks. My budget really isn't unlimited, but it is about 30k per year on all marketing related expenses. And as things work out, most of the "work" I do is taken out of others budgets - admissions, alumni, etc. So, since I have the money sitting there, they will move it elsewhere if I don't use it. With that said and because photography is a big part of what I do, I've been spending it mostly on equipment.

With all the advice here, I think what will help in what I need to capture is either the 5D (if I can swing it) or the 30D AND the 50/1.4 & 24-70/2.8L. I'm going to sell the 300D and keep the 18-125 because I really like that lense and the results I have with it. I'm also going to keep the 50-500 sigma because for what I need it for it does just fine and the results are great. I'll also be ditching the sigma 70-300 because between the sigma 50-500 and canon 70-200 I can get both field and gym sports without having to worry about focal length and/or a wide enough aperature for low light situations in the gym.

So hopefully, by mid-summer, my signature will look like this:

30D/5D & 20D
Canon 70-200 f/2.8
Canon 50/1.4
Canon 24-70/2.8L
Sigma 18-125 f/3.5
Sigma 50-500 f/4

I won't be able to sell the 20D just yet because it'll have to wait until next year. So, maybe I get the 30D in the summer and when this time next year rolls around I ditch the 20D for a 5D.

Well...I've gone and done it. Here's the current line-up:

30D, 20D & 300D
Canon 70-200 f/2.8
Canon 50/1.4
Sigma 18-125 f/3.5
Sigma 50-500 f/4

Next up on the hit list: Canon 24-70/2.8L. Now that I've been sucked into the quality of the Canon lenses (though Sigma is a decent alternative) what lense from the Canon line-up could replace my Sigma 50-500? I only use that lense when I'm shooting sports on the football/soccer/lacros​se field. And most of the time, I'm in the 200-400 range. I'm not all that thrilled with the results with this lense over 450mm. I'm going to hang on to the sigma 18-125 because I really like the flexibility of that lense and it would be nice to have another lense in this range if and when I get the Canon 24-70/2.8L as I have two bodies and can see myself in a situation where I might use both bodies and both lenses (weddings maybe? or even family portraits?)

Thoughts? More suggestions? Budget is tapped for this fiscal year. But the new one starts July 1.

P.S. the 300D with grip, batteries, sigma 70-300 is for sale. Best offer. Just looking to dump it. I guess it wouldn't hurt either to hold on to it, though it would only collect dust with the 20/30D's in the bag.

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=176322

Competition for the Bigma? The 100-400 IS.

Yea...to those that have used or own both, what's the skinny?